Meet Paige
Paige Brown is currently serving her third term as Mayor of Gallatin, Tennessee (named “Nicest Place in America” in 2017 by Readers’ Digest).
Elected in November 2014, she previously served as Executive Director of the Gallatin Area Chamber of Commerce. A graduate of Florida State University, she worked as a news reporter and anchor in Florida. Upon her return to Tennessee, she worked for several shows on The Nashville Network (TNN) and as Executive Producer for NewsChannel 5 (CBS) in Nashville, Tennessee. Additionally, she has worked as a writer, producer, and talent for corporate, non-profit and independent clients. A graduate of the Institute for Organization Management (IOM) and several corporate training programs (including the National Medal of Honor Leadership Training), she is an experienced trainer in media relations, leadership and board development and has an extensive history producing events and implementing successful initiatives.
As a leukemia patient she is a passionate advocate for oncology research and has worked on healthcare, Medicare and Pharma reform legislation. She has been featured in Glamour Magazine, on PBS’s Nova and in many local and national news stories, and addressed groups around the world. She was a guest of President George W. Bush’s at the White House and was appointed by him to serve as an FDA Advisory Committee (ODAC) Patient Representative, which she did for 12 years, until her election as Mayor.
Paige serves on the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR), the Nashville Area Transportation Policy Board (MPO), the Tennessee Opiate Abatement Advisory Committee, the Tennessee Local Development Authority, is Vice Chair of the Regional Transit Authority (RTA) and on the Executive Committee of the Middle Tennessee Mayors Caucus. She is a Past-President of the Tennessee Municipal League, Past-President of the Greater Nashville Regional Council (GNRC) and Past-Chair of the Tennessee Local Government Planning Advisory Committee. She also has a long tenure on the Sumner County Prevention Coalition Board and has served on numerous other non-profit and public sector boards and committees. In 2019 she was selected to participate in the Mayors’ Institute on City Design. In 2021 she was awarded the Tommie Goodwin Mayor of the Year Award by the Tennessee Municipal League, which is the statewide organization that works on behalf of all cities and towns across Tennessee.
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